Cross-platform

As well as running and debugging multiple runtimes, Rider itself runs on multiple platforms: Windows, macOS and Linux.

Feature-rich and fast

Rider provides 2200+ live code inspections, hundreds of context actions and refactorings
brought by ReSharper, and combines them with the IntelliJ platform's solid IDE features.
Despite a heavy
feature set, Rider is designed to be fast and responsive.

Behind the scenes

IntelliJ and ReSharper join forces

On the backend, 2200+ ReSharper's powerful code inspections run continuously in the background, without affecting text editor performance.

Meanwhile, a fast and efficient protocol transfers the necessary bits between the backend and the frontend, and guarantees data consistency.

On the frontend, the IntelliJ platform's time-tested, rich code editor works without the burden of code analysis, resulting in a responsive editing experience.

Code analysis

Rider boasts 2200+ live code inspections, with automated quick-fixes to resolve detected issues individually or in bulk. Solution-wide error analysis will monitor code issues and let you know if anything goes wrong, even in files that are not currently open.

Navigation and search

You can jump to any file, type, or member in your code base in no time, as well as find settings and actions. Find usages of any symbol, or navigate from a symbol to base and derived symbols, extension methods or implementations.

Refactorings

Most of ReSharper's 60+ refactorings are already available in Rider, and
its 450+ context actions are all there. Rename, extract methods, interfaces and classes, move and copy types, use alternative syntax, and a lot more!

Unit test runner

Rider helps you run and debug unit tests based on NUnit, xUnit.net, or MSTest. You can explore tests, group them in different ways, break them down into individual sessions, see test output and navigate to source code from stack traces.

Debugger and more tools

Rider includes a debugger that works with .NET Framework, Mono and .NET Core applications, letting you step, watch, evaluate and run to cursor. Other tools include a stack trace explorer, NuGet browser, VCS and database support.